32. Kwangeli xesha ke intlanganiso xa iyonke yayisisiphithi-phithi nje. Kaloku abanye babekhwaza bethetha le, bambi bekhwaza bethetha leya; kuba kaloku uninzi lwaluhamba nje nezihlwele, lungazi nokuba indibano le yeyantoni na.
33. Abanye abantu bamchazela ngale nto yenzekayo uAlesandire, kuba amaJuda ayegqatse yena phambili. UAlesandire wawangawangisa ngesandla ukuba kuthi cwaka, efuna ukulamla.
34. Kodwa bathi bakumqonda ukuba ungumJuda, batsho ngazwinye, besenza intswahla, bekhwaza, bephinda-phinda besithi: “Mkhulu uArtemis wamaEfese!” Kwada kwaphela iiyure ezimbini besenza loo nto.
35. Kwathi ngelikade unobhala wedolophu wada wanako ukusithomalalisa isihlwele. Wathi: “MaEfese, wonke ubani uyazi ukuba le dolophu yase-Efese ngumgcini wendlu yesikhulukazi uArtemis, nowomfanekiso oqingqiweyo owavela ezulwini.
36. Akukho bani unako ukuziphikisa ezi zinto. Ngoko ke zolani, ningenzi nto ngokungakhathali.
37. La madoda nize nawo apha, nangona angebanga zinto zingcwele zendlu yonqulo okanye anyelise isithixokazi sethu.
38. Ukuba uDemetriyo nezicaka zakhe banesityholo ngakubani, ikho imihla eyaziwayo yenkundla, neziphathamandla zikhona; bangamangalelana khona.
39. Kodwa ukuba kukho enye into, inokulungiswa yintlanganiso esemthethweni yabemi.
40. Kaloku ngenxa yale nto yehle namhlanje, sisengozini yokutyholwa ngokwenza ingxushungxushu. Asinandlela yakuziphendulela ngolu dushe, singenaso nesizathu esibambekayo.”
41. Akuba etshilo, wayichitha intlanganiso.